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well, now let's check the stories trending on the internet right now. this one is definitely not for veg tearians. food safety officials in the uk have ordered the testing of all beef products. the move comes after horse meat was discovered in beef lasagna sold by the company find us. testing revealed between 60 to 100% horse meat in the samples. and that power outage at the super bowl is being blamed on a newly installed electrical relay device meant to the protect equipment at the superdome. the power company and the device's manufacturer do not agree on whether human error was to blame. i'll be back with ashley ban field at the top of the hour with the stories of the day. right now, it is showbiz at the grammys with a.j. hammer.

see you in just a bit. enjoy. right now, showbiz at the grammys. what we can't wait to see. like elton and ed. >> ♪ they say she's in the >> superstar supernominee ed sheeran's revelations to us about his upcoming epic grammys due yet with elton john. will the a team hitmaker steal the show? the battle of the giants. adele takes on rihanna, katy perry, kelly clarkson and carly rae jepsen. the female power houses fighting to win best pop solo performance, but who will be the giant winner? ♪ alabama shakes, shakes things up. >> blowing up don't matter. if everybody forgot about us, it don't matter. >> humble and on fire. the best new artist nominees are right here for our headline

making showbiz making interview. "showbiz at the grammys" starts right now. >> i'm a.j. hammer. this is showbiz at the grammys. music's biggest stars are revved up and ready for what will surely be an amazing night, the 55th annual graumy wards sunday. we can't wait to see how it all shakes out literally. we are one-on-one with alabama shakes nominate nadded for three grammys this year. but first, slow biz tonight has got to prepare you for an all out party. the best in the best in music are getting ready to be honored and to tear up the grammy stage with knockout showdowns we could have only imagined in our wildest music dreams. legendary music icons and, of course, some amazing new talent that be given the grammys a lot to sing about. ♪ we are young >> we are young is more than a grammy nom natted song. it could be the theme of this

year's show. >> this year's crop is a rather youthful assortment. rather hipster this year. >> showbiz the tonight can tell you out of all the nominees for album of the year and record of the year, not a single nominated performer is over 40. so we won't see a repeat of recent years when old school rockers like herbie hancock and steely dan walked away with top awards beating more current chart toppers and causing angry music critics to question the grammy's relevance. >> the grammys are a little more in touch with what's going on in current music today. ♪ tonight >> speaking of we are young, the group that sinks it is one to watch. >> it's going to be a fun night. >> pun intended. fun is tied for the most nominations with six including nods in all four top categories, album, record and song of the year plus best new artist. one of the few acts in grammy history to ever pull such a nomination sweep. >> whether they even win,

they've already achieved a huge grammy milestone. >> looking to spoil fun's fun, 2012 breakout artist frank ocean who like fun has six nominations including album of the year for "channel orange." >> and its single "thinking about you" is up for record of the year. in the album of the year, jack white's blunder bus and mumford & sons basketball. >> all of them you could make a strong argument all of them deserve it. >> what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. >> some of the songs you couldn't stop singing over the past year are also up for big grammies. kelly clarkson's "stronger is" is up for both record and song of the year. and because grammy voters probably still can't get it out of their heads either, carly rae jepsen's "call me maybe" is also up for song of the year. the other big race is best new artist. folk rockers the lum nears and

rockers alabama shakes. a nomination that surprised some. >> the alabama shakes were in the running, i was so excited. did not see that coming. >> but the best reason to watch the grammy awards is the performances. and there are some big ones in store this year. sbloets ♪ as long as i got my ♪ >> justin timberlake who is looking good with his new song "suit and tie" is returning to the grammy stage for the first time in four years to preview his long awaited studio album. all five album of the year nominees are scheduled to perform. >> i'm obviously looking forward to fun and the black keys. they'll bowing be making their grammy debuts. >> nominees rihanna and taylor swift also on the list. plus, look for a big teamup featuring singer songwriter sed sheeran. >> the one i'm is excited about is elton john teaming up with ed sheeran. he's going to have this whole new american audience that will check i'm out. it's nowhere but up from there ♪ so i set the world on fire

>> so look for a galaxy full of new music superstars to set the grammy stage on fire. >> wow, i can't even imagine how anxious grammy nominee ed sheeran must be about now. not only performing with elton john but also nominated for song of the year for his massive hit "the a team." i just spoke with ed with getting a phone call from elton john to set the wheels in motion for their big due yet. got to watch what he told me. >> it was a very strange phone call to get, you know, you get a phone call from elton just being like i tried to get you on the grammys to perform a solo 1993 called you. >> he called me he said i've tried to get you on the grammies to perform solo but they would like you to perform with me. how would su feel about that. i was like, i'm sure i could fit that into my schedule somewhere. >> was it the first time you had spoken with him. >> no, i speak to him quite a lot on a weekly basis. >> i imagine it's still to be able to perform with him and on the grammy awards has a great

importance because i think fib who listens to your music and listens to what you do lyrically has to know that you grew up listening to this guy. >> definitely. i think most people many grew up listening to elton john. the people he's duetted with at the grammys have been em in nem and lady ga. >> pretty good company to be in. ed sheeran, grammy nominee, just hearing that, what does that mean to you? >> you know, it's quite nice to be accepted by the american industry in such a cool way. you know, it's not like -- it's not like any other award show, is it? it's the biggest award show on the planet. to be able to be part of that kind of ilk of musician is quite humbling. >> you're just 21 years old. so what point in your life and playing music for a long time, but at what point did you become aware of what a grammy is and hey, that's singh i want to get one day. >> the funniest thing, i first

became aware in the simpsons and every episode of the simpsons that the grammys are named in, it's always him going grammy. so yeah, that was the first time. and then seeing michael jackson's thriller, and i think did he win 1 grah2 grammys for album. >> as many as humanly possible. absolutely. >> i remember seeing that and being like whoo. >> and now from a first time grammy award nominee to a two-time grammy award winner, ll cool j is back at the helm of the big show hosting now for a second time. and while music fan of course, love the show itself, they can't seem to get enough of ll. >> i'm ll cool j. i'm the host of the grammys this year. 55th annual grammys and today, we are actually having a tech run through. a technical run through where we check out all the cues, make

sure that the speeches that are notice teleprompter for the various presenters aren't either too long or too short. we have stand-ins up on stage helping us run through it. we just want to make sure that everything's running smoothly. i've been talking to ken ehrlich, the executive producer. he's the little guy over there running. he's walking. he has his back to us. and we've been convert say thing about just what we want do this year to make this show more fun for you guys, more exciting and more entertaining for you guys. we have some spectacular people coming. we have beyonce, j. lo, franks ocean, miranda lambert, bruno mars, faith hill, just some of the biggest most exciting artists in the world. it's going to be an amazing night. that is our goal to give you grammy moments, to give you amazing performances. and to give you the highest level of excitement we can. because we know that the music fans out there come to the grammys and watch the grammys for that reason. it's a lot of fun.

i'm going to do my best to make sure the show is seamless and smooth and that you guys have a great time. so i hope you enjoy it, 55th annual grammies. much love behind the scenes. >> there's still so much more we cannot wait to see at the awards including the battle of the div divas. music's biggest female stars are duking it out to win best pop solo performance. it is an unbelievable fight this year between adele, rihanna, katy perry, kelly clarkson and carly rae jepsen. who come out on top after this. >> i love these guys. one-on-one with this year's most talked about grammy newcomers alabama shakes. they feel are truly shaking up the grammys and we're revealing why this band became an overnight sensation. now, showbiz at the grammys, fun performs the title track from their album "some nights" and talks to us what big-time fame

feels like. ♪ >> really exciting and it's really new. but our intentions are different than they were when we were 16 and started playing in bands which is to is it play live music and make records that we're proud of. i'm lorenzo.

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eminem. welcome back to showbiz at the grammys. one of the most anticipated showdowns on sunday night is going to be for best new artist. this is a category known for its upsets and stunners over the years. so will this year's pick be another shocker? we are in for a serious nail biter with nominees frank ocean, the lum nears, hunter hayes, fun is nominated. and so is alabama shakes. ♪ got the whole on

>> yeah, you know that song. and show biz tonight's going one-on-one with alabama shakes. they're nominated for a total of three grammys. it is so great to have some of the band members with me right now from million. britney howard and steve johnson. right off the top, i got to tell you i am all about your music. i'm so happy you're here with us. >> so good to be here. thank you for having us. >> my goodness, congratulations on your three grammy nominations. how incredible. i have to imagine you were just out of your minds when you got the news that you were nominated. what's particularly cool is you guys aren't just showing up at the grammys but britney, you're part of this incredible tribute planned for lee von helm at the show and sharing the stage with the iconic elton john. tell me about the experience of preparing to perform with elton. i mean, come on. >> and well, first off, i'm super honored to be doing this

tribute for the late great lee von helm. he was a favorite of all of ours and to be a part of it, sing one of his songs, that makes me feel really great. and just the fact that like someone elton john is going to be there, mavis staples, those are a couple of my favorites. so i'm just going to try not to be too shy or be fancy. i'm just going to try to treat them like normal people. >> anybody, of course, that has experienced fame knows it comes with some degree of baggage. i know you guys right now are really enjoying the ride, particularly the fact that you can get your music out there. for you two, what's been the best part of the experience of getting so well-known so quickly? >> oh, man, we've gotten a chance to sees a lot of great musicians this year and meet a lot of new people. been exposed to a lot of new music that i might not have heard otherwise. so that's been the best part for me. along with the traveling and the food. oh, so good. >> i'm excited about the opportunities because now when

we write a song, it's going to be like, now we have this chance to put this song out. it's not like, i don't know. it's not like, oh, we wrote this song but nobody will ever hear it which is how it was two years ago. now it's like we write a song, people get to hear it. >> people are paying attention. i wish you nothing but the best of luck at the grammy awards. thank you so much. so when alabama shakes waits to hear if they win for best rock performance, they are going to be waiting along with pretty incredible talent up against them this year. mumford & sons, bruce string steen, the black keys, also coldplay is nominated. we can tell you the battle for best rock performance is a showdown we can't wait to see. ♪ ♪ will you for give and i won't

forget ♪ >> ♪ come on now, you got to hold on ♪ ♪ well i'm so about you it is plain to see ♪ ♪ but i came to love you in a way ♪ ♪ so you warm my heart and i don't mind leading ♪ ♪ we take care of our own ♪ we take care of our own ♪ so the lights go down at the end of the scene ♪ ♪ so the lights go down standing in front of me ♪

>> and we still can't wait to see the amazing battle of the pop god yeses. listen to this ♪ but i say >> the great adele is taking on kelly clarkson, katy perry, rihanna and carly rae jepsen in the category of best pop solo performance. this is a battle of the giants. can anyone beat adele's incredible voice? newcomers the lum nears perform their hit ho-hey and talked to us about their wild year of instant stardom. ♪ >> all right now. hey. ho. >> it's been such a crazy year. we went from sleeping in people he's friends houses and then going to like six people to a hotel room to now like grammy

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welcome back to showbiz at the grammys. right now, it's the battle of the divas. the race for best pop solo performance pits some of the biggest voices in music today against each other. i'm talking about adele, with kelly clarkson, katy perry and rihanna. it also gives newcomer carl i ray jep sen as a shot at a huge win. but who has the edge? >> at last year's awards we saw an adel sweep with her winning all six of the grammys neefs nominated for. but this year adele's nominated for just one grammy, best pop

solo vocal performance for her line of recording of "set fire to the rain." she'll have to get past the four other superstars nomtsed. carl i ray jep sen is nominated for "call me maybe," one of the biggest songs of the year. >> katy perry is nominated for her track "wide awake," despite her multigazillion record sales, she has yet to win the big prize. catty's one-time bpf rihanna has won four grammys ♪ where have you been >> and she's nominated for a fifth in this year's best pop so lol vocal category her song "where have you been." >> two-time grammy winner kelly clarkson is the nominee for her smash hit "stronger." or maybe carl i real estate will be the one of these five superstars called to the stage on grammy night.

>> there is such stiff competition in this grammy category. but you have to wonder if adele is once again going to set fire to the grammy show. what a classic this has already become. watch ♪ but i say to the rain watched it pour as i touched your face ♪ ♪ burn my pride because >> this is a performance category and what a performance. with me in new york, carlos greer, a reporter from "people" magazine and people's latest cover story features grammy nominee kelly clarkson right there on the cover. carlos, obviously, kelly clarkson is amazing vocalist. but she's up against adele, among the other really strong vocal competition in this category. do you think kelly can take it. >> they both are huge vocal powerhouses. but adele is an academy darling. she won every single award in every category she was nominated for last year. but again, kelly had a great

year, somewhat of a comeback album last year. it's definitely some stiff competition. >> and she won a golden globe and going to win the oscar for best song. >> that's highly -- >> from "sky fall." it's a different song but it's hers to lose, as well perhaps. but what i love about this category, you have friends competing against each other. rihanna and katy perry going head to head. watch this. ♪ ♪ yeah, i'm falling from cloud nine ♪ ♪ when i wake ♪ i've been everywhere man looking for you babe, looking for you babe ♪ ♪ searching for you baby." >> these two ladies are friends. both songs got a lot of play. what are their chances? >> katy can't seem to catch a break when it comes to getting a

grammy. this was a huge single for her. rihanna has won before. the academy loves her. this wasn't the song to be nominated. she had a much better sing with "we found love." >> everybody's eager to see what's going to happen with carl i ray jep sen "call me maybe." one of the most played songs on the radio last year. the charm of her story is pop stars played a huge role in her success like bieber and selena gomez and ashley tisdale who lip synced their versions and it went viral ♪ where you think you're going baby ♪ ♪ hey i just met you ♪ and this is crazy but here's my number ♪ ♪ so call me maybe >> any chance carl i rae can take it away from adele or the others? >> i think there's a chance. who doesn't know this song, even our president was singing this song. so this was a song that was in everybody's head. all summer long and all year. >> do you think it's hers to lose. >> she could win it. >> thank you so much. be sure to pick up people's

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welcome back to the "cnn newsroom." i'm deborah feyerick. here's what's happening right

now. the blizzard still being felt this hour. six states are sill under a state of emergency. cape cod is getting hammered right now with heavy snow and strong winds as the rest of the northeast starts the difficult task of digging out. back in big bear, california, authorities lunting for a fired cop who has threatened to kill his former comrades and their families. he's got the skill, the strength and the savvy to back up his threats. the search is urgent, complicated and extremely dangerous. and in chicago, the first lady joins the mourners maying their respects to a teen nerd victim. hadiya pendleton sank at the president's inauguration. back to the int winter storm that's hammered the northeast. parts of new england are still under a blizzard warning now. in boston, an 11-year-old boy died from carbon monoxide poisoning. he was helping his father shovel when he went into a running car

trying to stay warm. the car exhaust was buried in snow causing carbon monoxide to fill the car. five other deaths are blamed on the storm. heavy snow still coming down in eastern massachusetts and about 400,000 customers still without power. ali velshi joins us from dennis port on cape cod. it's still not letting up out there, is it? >> no, it's actually the blizzard warning has officially just ended for cape cod. at 3:00 p.m. eastern. i'm not sure mother got the message however. we are at about 22 degrees. winds sustained in the 25 to 30-mile-per-hour range, gusting to 40. i will tell you this. look, here's the change i've observed. it is -- the wind does seem to be a little less. i can stand and face you. a gust coming through right now as you can see, but generally speaking i can stand and look into it and have the snow falling in my face. a few hours i couldn't because it was stinging icy pellets. this is a fluffy almost luscious

snow. but it is still continuing to come down. there might be a couple more inches left in this snow. as you said, of the 630,000 customers without power in the northeast, the overwhelming majority of those are in massachusetts, almost 400,000, 500,000 i think the latest count in massachusetts alone. and that is the -- that's the problem. with the snow coming down, we are still not getting the utility crews out. we have reports in this area, i'm in dep nis port along the southern coast of cape cod about 30 miles before we get to the eastern end of it, about 90% of the customers around here are reporting power outages. so far it's still a very, very serious situation. it's wiped out a lot of the northeast. but it is still hitting maine right now. portland still has snow coming for the next hour or so and it's moving further east into the maritimes. so this storm remains deadly. not like it's just blown into

the ocean. you can see a lot of snow around me right now. visibility still very, very low, less than.2 mile here and in many parts of the cape. while others are digging out of the storm, the travel ban is in place for one more hour in massachusetts. it has been lifted. that is south, that direction. nantucket has had its travel ban lifted. everywhere else it's still a statewide ban for one more hour in massachusetts. still serious and we're still worried about the folks who have lost their power. >> have you seen any sort of power trucks out there, or is it likely they'll wait till after the snow has stopped? >> no power trucks out here yet. plows out here so far but nobody else. >> plows are good, too. thank you so much. appreciate it. we'll check back with you in a little while. well, connecticut which got hit especially hard by this blizzard is struggling to dig out. that's where we find our ashleigh banfield. ashley, what do you see going on there? >> still very windy here, deb. it's not snowing and it hasn't

been all day. i've been in the lovely sunshine, but the brutal winds kicking up the snow drifting it into massive drifts. i want to show you the gas station where i've been all day. people skidding out, coming in here to get supplies and gas. now look, a good reason for this. it is closed. and there is a reason. there are yellow tags on every single one of these pumps. they're closed because a, the guy couldn't come in to relief the worker who was here because he can't get into work. and b, the pumps were all freezing up. so they're getting clogged and not being functional either. but this is a repetitive story throughout the state. list listen, this thing has been a mess. we're not even seeing plows out right now here. we're just seeing clogged up 95, which is a big problem. it's a mess everywhere and not just connecticut. have a look. >> the feared monster nor'easter didn't disappoint. two feet of snow and in some places plenty more. left tens of thousands of new

englanders without power on saturday. >> this has been a record-breaking storm with snowfalls reported as great as 38 inches. right now, our main priority is to clear roads. >> the numbers tell the tale. milford, a whopping 38 inches, new haven, 34, bridgeport, 30. >> i got a back hoe working its way up now. >> here in wallingford, connecticut, check out this local firefighter. he's 6'3" and still struggles just to march through nearly knee high snow in order to check on locals and make any necessary rescues. in neighboring massachusetts, over two feet of snow fell in the western part of the state. but in boston, the mayor says the situation could have been much worse. >> i'm happy to report the city so far has weathered the storm well. no major power outages. no severe flooding. we still have a little way to go to get to the rest of the storm.

>> this is the scene at boston's logan airport today. snow plows, working around the clock. if the snow plows won't or can't come, some residents are taking patters into their own hands, shoveling the snow themselves to find their cars again. >> i hope this is my car. how long have you been at it? >> about an hour. >> about an hour. looks like you've made headway here. how much longer do you think you have to go? >> at least two more. >> across the region, driving is treacherous. if you don't have to venture out, officials say please don't. as for the airports, they too are struggling to recover from closures and delays over the past 24 hours. more than 5,000 flights had to be canceled due to this walloping blizzard. so here's the problem. once we get past the emergency, once the plows can get out and the utilities can get back out and get the power restored to people who don't have it, then it's a matter of getting rid of

all of this snow. where do you put it? because you know what? you might be able to deal with your snow at your house with this thing, but those plows are going to have hundreds of thousands of pounds of snow that they're going to at least have to find somewhere for until finally mother nature dieds to do with it what she wants to do, which is melt it, deb. >> just looking at the cars behind you, boy, when those plows come by, they're going to be buried even more deeply if new york city is any gauge. >> he's got to sell those cars. imagine the work he's got. >> ashleigh banfield, we'll be checking back with you in a little bit. and the other big story that we're watching evolve this hour, snow and rough terrain making a manhunt in southern california even more treacherous. authorities are desrately looking for christopher dorner notice big bear lake area. it's about 100 miles east of los angeles. dorner is the fired l.a. police officer who is accused of murder. he has threatened to kill police

and their family ofs. he is highly trained and because of that, he is highly dangerous. he is also highly armed. nick valencia is following the story from los angeles. nick, it's been days. are police concerned that the trail has gone cold? >> yeah, deb, three days and no new leads from the los angeles police department. for that matter any law enforcement agency involved in the manhunt for chris dorner. dorner has seemingly varnished just as quickly as he emerged. in the process he's left a trail of blood shed. he promised to do so in his manifesto. in that manifesto, he's made very pointed allegations of abuse, and rampant corruption in the los angeles police department. just a short time ago, i spoke to los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and i asked him if people should give any credence to what dorner has written. >> this is a very sick individual as we can see by the three people he's already

killed. one seriously injured. and the threats that he's made to everybody else. i give no credence whatsoever to anything this man says. >> reporter: and the mayor went on to say that there's absolutely nothing that can rationalize the murder of three innocent people if you remember, dorner is tied to the alleged slayings or slayings on sunday in the irvine area of a daughter of a former los angeles police captain as well as her fiance. >> yeah, and it's interesting to hear the mayor there but authorities are definitely not underestimating the skills that this man has. have you seen anything that suggests that police are changing their tactics? because the men they're hunting knows everything in their rule book. >> reporter: well, for the last few days, they've been on a tactical alert. i spoke to los angeles police department media relations and they told me that they've gone

under a modified tactical alert which means officers from a handful of divisions are working 10 to 12-hour shifts. there are more than 40 police officers and their family members listed on that manifesto. they are being given detailed protection, but right now, i think there's a lot of singering sentiment of anxiety here throughout southern california. no new leads in three days. as well, there's no media briefings or press conferences and no significant developments in the search for chris dorner. >> they've got to change the game because the person they're playing knows the rules all too well. nick, we appreciate it. we'll check back with you a little later on. dugging out from under a mountain of snow. >> i woke up at about 2:00 a.m. and my all my trucks were completely drifted in. five, six-foot snow drifts. all the side streets are impa e impassab impassable. >> we're on the ground after a massive winter storm slams the northeast. and she's the 15-year-old honor

student who sang at the inauguration and was gunned down a week later in the president's backyard. now the first lady's back in chicago to console the mourners. the wing and a fractured beak.o surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ] send the aflac duck a get-well card at getwellduck.com.

well, we're continuing to follow the winter storm that's blanketed new england. yeah, in white. take a look at these pictures from massachusetts, cape cod, where the storm isn't over by a long shot.

folks have been evacuated out of areas along the shoreline where the tide is rising. six states are still in a state of emergency and over 635,000 people there without power. but first, here are your other top stories. remember that horse meat can dal that hit the uk and france? a frozen food producer caught up in the scandal is blaming an unnamed romanian business for the contamination and promising to sue the company. so far millions of processed beef products have been pulled from shelves across europe. today a meeting was held in london on the scandal where investigators warned of "more bad news to come." at least 12 people are dead after a bus carrying soccer fans careened off the side of a mountain road in chile. the accident happened in the town of tome. no word on what caused the driver to lose control. first lady michelle obama joined mourners today at the

funeral of hadiyah pendleton, the band majorette, honor student and athlete was shot dade in chicago days after she marched in the president's inauguration parade. the first lady joined family and friends to celebrate the young girl's life at a church. >> no matter what the devil tries to do, god is still in control. >> words from hadiyah's pastor there and anthenia jones is in chicago. the first lady's being there, it brings the case even more attention because she's become the face of gun violence, this girl. >> reporter: certainly she has. the president has often spoken about gun violence in places like chicago on the street corners in chicago and philadelphia. this is of course, the first lady's hometown and her office said that she was heart broken to learn about the death of hadiyah pendleton and wanted

very much to be here to offer condolences and comfort to her friends and family. she met with 30 or so of her classmates before the service began and also met privately with her family. this has been quite a long service so far. more than three hours it's been going on. lots of people have come up to speak, including several of her young classmates and also her mother. let's listen to what her mother had to say. >> you don't know how hard this really is. and those of you that do know how hard this is, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. no mother, no father should ever have to experience this. >> reporter: and so that's one of the big messages from this service today. i can tell you that president obama, the funeral program here includes a copy of a handwritten note from president obama to hadiyah pendleton's parents saying we know no words we know can soothe their pain and going on to say we're going to work as

hard as we can to end this senseless violence. certainly this is going to be an important symbol in this national gun violence debate. >> listening to the mom, you hear the loss that she's feeling of her daughter and the loss of joy in her life. my goodness. is the community frustrated that they haven't found even a suspect yet? >> reporter: you know, there is a lot of frustration around here. we've been here all day and have spoken to some people standing outside hoping to get a glimpse of the first lady. they say something needs to be done about this. this is far too common, not just in chicago but in other cities. one of the young speakers early on said it's sad in chicago you have to watch your front while watching your back. so we know that there have been no arrests in the case. the reward money has gone up to $40,000. still so far, no arrests. so it's still an open case, deb. >> athena jones, thank you so much. our sorrow and grief for the family having to go through this. well, back to our top story.

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jackson for possible financial impropriety ties including misusing campaign funds. officially the u.s. attorney's office in washington has no comment. lawyers representing jackson are not returning calls from cnn. jackson resigned from congress last year after taking an extended medical leave. here's a sight millions of people in the northeast won't see this weekend. a mail truck. the postal service says it's suspending mail deliveries in seven states because of this weekend's huge blizzard. hmm, what happened to neither snow nor rain? here's a look what folks are digging out in massachusetts after this massive storm. i-reporter mike morris sent this picture of his car sitting under 31 inches of snow in his driveway. this is western massachusetts in the town of amherst. boston got buried under 22 inches of snow. chad meyers joins me, and chad, so what's going on? are we kind of in the clear? is cape cod where ali velshi is

getting the last of it? >> cape cod is good. maine and still parts of eastern new hampshire still under blizzard warnings right now. it's still snowing a little bit and it's obviously still windy. we saw the pictures from ali. but this the end of it for the u.s. the mayor times, you're still going to get the snow. it's headed out into the ocean and eventually will get all the way across the atlantic. it's just about done. yonkers 423 and white plains 14. this is westchester county just north of new york city and central park got 11.5 inches. milford, connecticut, 38 inches. new haven at 34. there was just as much snow in massachusetts in most of the areas even where ali velshi was, there was just as much moisture that fell out of the sky but it fell as an ice pellet or a snow gropal, not really a flake where the flakes pile up. those snow grains or that sleet doesn't pile up as much. portland maine, new number for you, 31.9.

worcester now 2. right there, logan airport, 24.9. over two feet of snow. it's almost done here. one thing i want to show you, this is some good news. there are planes heading into new york city. there are. this is 100 airplanes heading into newark. and the planes into laguardia, as well, not as.many but planes into jfk. so i guess this means, yes, it's almost over when we start to see airplanes start flying back into where the big weather really was. they're not flying back into this area here, just into new york city because the city didn't pick up nearly as much as connecticut, massachusetts and rhode island. >> did you call that snow grain a gropal? >> a gropal. it's kind of an underdeveloped snowflake. it could have been a snowflake aloft at 5,000, 10,000 feet but it fell through the sky. at some layer, the ocean's warm, still not 70 but it's 50, and so that melted into a little smaller snowflake and then it refroze on the way down and

threw itself at 60 miles hour right at ali velshi. i think the whole side of his face has less skin than it does over here. >> he's standing out there getting groppled. bill nye, talk about something esfalling from the sky. and that is an asteroid. what's coming our way? is this an effect of perhaps global warming or just some meteoric occasion? >> except it's all science and it is the word meteorologist and the word meteor come from the same root. he next friday, the 15th of february, an asteroid 2012 da14 which was discovered with a grant provided from the planetary society, my current day job, i'm the ceo of the planetary society, this asteroid is about the same size as the one that is made the crater in media crater in arizona. as the one that created the event in siberia in 190 . if such a meteor were to hit

atlanta or new york city or boston, that would be it for those mutual palts. the thing about 2,000 square kilometers, 1200 square miles, destroyed, flattened, ruined. >> that's not going to happen. let's make sure viewers don't get nervous. >> you should get nervous but not about this one. >> get nervous but not about this one. this one will miss us by about 15 minutes. 15 minutes difference and that's it. there are about 100,000 of these earth-crossing asteroids that we are looking for with the planetary society especially. so it's something that we as humans all over the world ought to get involved in. this asteroid hunting. we're the first generation of people that could do something about it. it's exciting science. but it's also i hope gives everybody a little pause for thought. >> well, it's definitely now that you said that it could wipe out atlanta and new york city, it's definitely giving people

pause for thought. >> let alone oklahoma city or paris. >> any city. but do you see this as happening more routine little now because this is -- this isn't an everyday day occurrence, clearly. >> no, but the chances of it happening are pretty high. surprisingly high compared with, say, getting struck by lightning or getting in a car wreck or especially if you consider getting in a car wreck over about 100 years. like your entire lifetime. i'll bet many of us have been in fender-benders or wrecks over the course of a life. so this is really serious business. it's coming closer than the satellites that are providing the cnn broadcast around the country and around the world right now. these satellites are at 22,000 miles, 36,000 kilometers and this thing is coming 17,000 miles. closer than the satellites. it is something to think about.

>> it is definitely something to think about. yeah, and bill, just very quickly, you said it's 15 minutes away from hitting us. it's still 17,000 miles from planet earth. >> yeah. but when you're going 17,000 miles an hour, you can cover a lot of space. so here's the idea. it's not when we go one day, i hope some of the viewers of this program, let's say young people who become engineers, rocket scientists, will have the technology to deflect an asteroid. and deflection means ever so slightly slowing it down or ever so slightly speeding it up so it doesn't cross the earth's orbit when the earth does. so it misses us just as this one will miss us next friday. >> okay. you just heard me breathe. >> this is technology we could -- good. this is technology that we could do. we could develop this. this is rocket science. >> keep it further away. bill nye the science guy. >> ever so slightly change its speed, yeah. >> fascinating. just fascinating. all right, and actually if you google nasa, there's tons of

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nominations each. in about half an hour, the driving ban in massachusetts will be lifted as that state and the rest of the northeast begin the big task of digging out in a monster storm. more than 600,000 people are without power. check out this ireport from milford, connecticut, which got the most snow in the region, a whopping 3 inches. and in providence and boston, 40-mile-per-hour winds continue to swirl making it extra chilly. we go now to fwons where we find jason carroll. jason, the snow tapering off. good news for first responders and other personnel, but for one neighborhood, unfortunately, there is tragedy after an 11-year-old boy dies. what do you know? >> reporter: very sad story, debbie. it really has to do with what's happening throughout the city. what we're seeing on streets like this, people digging out. basically it was early this afternoon. a father had come out like we've seen so many people come out to dig out his car. he brought his son with him.

beak, they had been out there, they had cleared one side of the car but the young boy about 11 years old had gotten cold. he got inside the car. he was inside for about 10 or 15 minutes, but unbeknownst to the father, the tail pipe was covered with snow. you can see how easy that could happen with looking at some of these other cars here, how they're all covered with snow. the young boy was overcome by carbon monoxide. they brought him outside of the car. they got paramedics out here. neighbors, paramedics tried to revive the boy, but unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. so you can understand how terribly tragic this is. i reached out to the mayor's office and the mayor's office just released a statement. they gave it to me, it says "the news of this tragic accident is a sad reminder of the danger that this storm is not over. our hearts go out to that family. and their friends who are learning of this tremendously sad accident." and debbie, as you had mentioned, because that travel ban is about to be lifted in

just about a half hour from now, you can imagine a lot of people are anxious to get out there, dig out their cars, clear things out. but a lot of people who are in the situation also have to remember that you know, there's potentially dangerous situations if you don't make sure that all of your car is cleared. including the tail pipe. unfortunately, and very sadly, a family learned that earlier this afternoon. debbie? >> how tragic. it's the unexpected. it's the branch falling, the car sort of backing up. all right. .jason carroll, thanks so much. we appreciate that latest reporting from there. any word on whether power outages will finally be restored any point today? >> reporter: well, that's a good question. as you know, some 400,000 people estimated without power in massachusetts. most of those people on coast. you know, all we can tell you is that officials are working around the clock to get that will power restored. no estimate at this point when that will happen. but we can tell you that city

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the monster storm that has brought life to a standstill in so many parts of new england. and we're seeing live pictures out of cape cod as snow and wind continue to pound the coast. it's at 24 degrees there. the wind gusting to 54 miles an hour. in case you want to know what that feels like, about 7 degree degrees. a special posthumous honor for the steemps and staff

members who died in the newtown shooting massacre. friday, president obama will honor the six staff members with the second highest civilian honor, citizens medal an awarded to americans who have performed exemplary service for their country or fellow citizens. it will take place at the white house. an amish man behind a string of beard cutting attacks has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. samuel mullet was convicted of religiously motivated hate crimes. to the amish a beard signifies faith and manhood. several followers who participated in the attacks received shorter sentences. former lapd officer christopher dorner remains a fugitive, taunting police he is off the grid which means they will not be able to track him by normal means. kyung lah obtained exclusive video taken at a shooting range during his time as a cadet and shows he is skilled in handling

weapons. >> reporter: christopher dorner, lapd cadet in 2005. what do you think watching this considering what's happened? >> well, he's an expert with weapons, definitely. he's definitely dangerous. >> reporter: this man spent months with donner at the training kaepd. we are altering his voice and not soing his face because he fears dorner will go after his friends. but he wants the public to see this. so people understand what the lapd is facing. >> if you look at chris, you can see he's a little bit of an expert. the shoot, almost no movement when he shoots a gun and then pop, nothing. >> so he stood out. >> yeah, he today stood out. the lapd is going to be going after one of their own former and he knows, like i said, he knows what he's doing. he knows how to use everything. >> being a cop, do you think that -- could you tell that it was important to him? >> yeah, i think it was very

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well, we are still following that winter storm that slammed into the northeast with full force. we're seeing live pictures out of cape cod as the snow and wind continue to hammer the area. hundreds of thousands are still without power in the northeast. though it does look a little bit like it's beginning to calm down. good news for our team out there on the beach. well, more on the storm in a minute. but first, it is the nation's highest honor for courage. and on monday, former staff sergeant clint romesha will receive the award. jack tapper spoke 20 him about the day the taliban overran his outpost. >> let's go. >> there is movement everywhere. it was muzzle flashes everywhere. just couldn't pick them out fast enough. >> october, 2009. up to 400 taliban fighters

unleash a torrent of withering fire upon a remote u.s. outpost in eastern afghanistan. the attack so fierce in the end more than half of the 53 u.s. troops at the outpost were killed or wounded. but as buildings burned and the enemy ran freely through the out post, soldiers became heros. one in particular. >> i know that there are so many great soldiers out there that would have stepped in to my shoes and done the same thing. >> former staff sergeant clint roam na sh romesha led troops in repelling the onslaught of taliban fighters. during a grueling day-long battle. next week, romesha will receive the medal of honor, the highest award for combat bravery becoming just the fourth living recipient among those who have bed in afghanistan and iraq. chris jones was a young private

when the taliban struck. >> he is my opinion, the only reason we came back that day. >> you led them right into places where your fellow soldiers had already been killed. that's why you're getting this medal. others had died in a place that you ran into. you weren't worried? >> there wasn't time to sit there and worry about suf out of our control. we had the tools. we had the training. we had the spirit. you know, and we other. and it was the time. >> by the end of the day, eight soldiers were dead. and 23 wounded. clint romesha now has a place in history. one that he shares with his comrades. >> it's a greater honor to -- for me to know i couldn't have done what i did without those guys, that team.

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cbs sent attendees a wardrobe warning, to tone it down, to put ton up. as far as the nomination count goes this year, it's a six-way tie between mumford and suns, frank ocean, jay-z. well, you would think that someone heading to antarctica might wear something more than a skimpy bikini. good thing 20-year-old model kate upton also thought to bring along a winter coat. okay. but then i suppose if upton buttoned up, she wouldn't be on the cover of the new "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition for the second year in a row. the magazine hits newsstands tuesday. and, of course, we'll have lots more on that storm that's coming up. just ahead, it's blowing out to sea, but lots left to do. i'm lorenzo.

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blizzard and coastal flood warnings have been lifted. >> this storm surge is quite high. we've been seeing waves out here that are 20 feet, easy. i mean, 15 feet regularly coming in. and as we pan along the bay here, you can see just how high it's getting. >> on long island, stranded motorists had to be dug out of their cars. long island was one of the hardest-hit areas of new york. a man in new hampshire also got pummeleded and three counties in maine are still under a blizzard warning. searchers bring out the big hardware in big bear. they're using helicopters, sn snowcats, armored vehicles with snow chance to track down an accused killer threatening more violence. the question now, has the trail go cold in the snow? the first lady joins mourners of a chicago teen. hadiya pendelton was shot and killed days after she performed at the presidential inauguration.

her mother says no parent should ever go through what she is going through now. more fewury today over the hacking of bush e-mails. they include messages from both bush presidents and family communications sent during the elder bush's recent hospital stay. today a spokesman for former florida governor jeb bush called it a, quote, outrageous breach of privacy, end quote. in long island, an estimated 175,000 people are reportedly out of power. joining me by phone is rhode island governor lincoln chafy. tell us about the conditions in your state, governor. >> we had a bad storm here with heavy, heavy snow starting with wet snow early, which stuck to the trees, which brought them down on the power lines. and then the temperatures dropping. and then high, high winds all combining to a lot of power outages. we have our challenges getting people's power back on, as we

see temperatures dropping. >> you're also giving credit to officials who you say have done a good job warning residents to get out of the storm's path early. so what does that suggest? >> well, the storm track absolutely on forecast. spot-on to the forecast. so we had lots of warning as to what would occur. and just anticipation of power outages. so people losing their heat, this is something that we did anticipate. we have the shelters up and running. most people are going to their neighbor's house, family's houses, shelters around the state are not seeing a high volume, despite the high number that you said, 175,000 people without power right now. so far, they're not aavailing themselves of shelters, which i assume their friends and neighbors are helping them out. but those that do have power. >> is there any suggestion as to when trucks may be able to get to some of those downed power lines to get the power back on?

>> well, the big main transmission lines they tell me are close to being fixed and then the feeder lines come after that. so i'm optimistic we're going to have a large number back on shortly. >> okay. and one of the pictures -- one of the images we're seeing is that of an ambulance making its way through the snow. did hospitals report probably a lower volume, but did they have to go out? were there any calls in terms of getting people into the hospital on an emergency basis? >> we've had our full hands full on many counts. some of the hospital generators were having some issues, some nursing home generators were having some issues. but so far we've come through it without any major life incidents or life loss or any major injuries. we've had various fires around the state, but so far from what i hear, no major injuries or life loss. >> we're looking at some of the images during the storm.

but we did also see some images post storm. it looks quite pretty out there. are you still warning residents to at a indoors as much as they can? >> oh, absolutely. the roads are -- getting many roads plowed away from snow. the national grid, trying to get the utility wires back, get the power back. so everybody -- using their common sense. and at the same time, they want to get out and shovel out, and, of course, you always have to urge caution there with the heavy snow, deep, deep heavy snow if any kind of heart issues or anything along those lines, just be careful. so most people are really using their common sense. but this is a bad storm. >> and finally, you know, in many respects, it was a good thing this hit on a weekend, when people were able to stay in. do you expect providence and the rest of rhode island to be back up and running first thing monday morning? >> yes. as you said, we count our

blessings, even with a bad storm such as this. as you said, coming when it did, with the weekend here, we can really tackle the clean-up, is going to help. and yes, i do anticipate monday being back, with the clean-up all day tomorrow, getting more of those power outages solved. let's hope we're up and running monday. >> pretty remarkable. all right. governor lincoln chafe, thank you very much. we appreciate your bringing us up to date on the very latest going on there in rhode island. thank you. >> you're welcome. coastal flooding has been a major problem with this storm. in new hampshire, multiple seawalls have slapscollapsed af the blizzard collided with the highest tide of the month. >> anything that wasn't anchored down was washed ashore. there's rocks everywhere, some wood. anchors that were -- buoys, rather, were all washed ashore. >> now coastal flood warning remains in effect along the region and state officials have warned residents to stay away from the coastline.

they say clean-up costs could top $2 million. and the sea is also a problem in salisbury, massachusetts, where some 50 people had to be rescued after waves crashed into several homes. bob cook is the emergency management director for salisbury and joins me by phone. sir, some of these houses were knocked off their foundations. what is the first step you take in this situation? >> the first step we took was to obviously get people out of their homes and get them into a safe shelter, which this kind of took us by surprise. [ no audio ] we were able to get everybody out safe. >> was this an area, sir, and we're having a little bit of difficulty hearing you. but was this an area where people had been told that they

should evacuate? >> we had recommended -- we had not had a mandatory evacuation. we had recommended people go stay with family. we also opened up a shelter last evening to accommodate any people that didn't have anywhere to go. obviously, once it started happening this morning, we ordered the mandatory evacuat n evacuation. >> okay. sir, thank you very much. we really appreciate it. we know you've got your hands full there, so we'll let you go. and just to recap, he said that they were able to get people out of their homes. there wasn't a mandatory evacuation. and they did also open a shelter in order to help some of these folks. those homes knocked off their foundations. well, back to the major winter storm that has hammered the northeast. for parts of new england, the storm has tuned deadly. at least six people have died, most in tragic accidents. heavy snow is still coming down in eastern massachusetts. about 400,000 customers are

still without power. ali velshi joins us from dennis port on cape cod. ali, the travel ban has been lifted in the state. i'm taking a look at you right now, and it seems like possibly it is easing up out there. anyone venturing out? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: it's a storm. in fact, i've seen a few people walking around now. people have had this cabin fever for the last 24 hours. they're getting out. some people walking around. this feels like a winter storm. there's still snow coming down, as you can see. the winds have dropped. we're still in the 20-mile-an-hour range, 20 to 25-mile-an-hour range. it's still about 22 degrees fahrenheit right now. so there's still stuff going on. but we're at the back of the storm. in fact, the storm has mostly passed over. it's not over, though. there are still parts of maine getting hit quite badly. the northeastern parts of maine. and this is going into nova scotia and the canadian maritime. the storm continues to be dangerous and deadly. massachusetts does seem to be getting past the worst of it

now, just a little bit left here in massachusetts. still some more snow coming down. this is normal snow. it's light. it's pretty snow. but it's still accumulating. so there could be those tree branches that got some snow, got some ice on them. and the next half inch, which may be all that's left here, could be the thing that makes them snap, so people have to be very careful, number one, they're not wandering around in places that could be dangerous. number two, you know, we saw -- you said there have only been a few losses of life. but one of them was an 11-year-old boy in boston who was warming up after helping his father shovel the snow in the car. the car exhaust was back up and he got carbon monoxide into him. and that's something that's very dangerous. keep in mind, people are getting out. we see a lot of people cleaning their cars now. be careful of this. there are still dangers in this storm. but it is not over. there are parts of the northeast, the sun is setting, starting to set. but where it's been -- it's been sunny, and windy, here in massachusetts, particularly on cape cod, it is still cold, it is still windy, and there is

still substantial snow coming down. also, you mentioned the coastal flooding. there are parts of the state that have been overrun where the lake -- the ocean did come ashore, causing a great deal of damage. but it does seem to be north of these parts, and in cape cod on the northeast coast of cape cod. this part, the south part of cape cod, seems to have avoided most of the damage. the problem here is of the power outages, of the 630,000 plus power outages in the northeast, the overwhelming majority of them are in massachusetts. it is cold. it is nightfall. and as lincoln chafe just told you, you know, we're not in position in many places for bucket trucks to be getting out and fixing utility lines. the main feeder trunks are under repair and remedying themselves. but if you've got downed lines in your community, as you can see, this weather still isn't good enough for those to be repaired. deb? >> absolutely. i think people are probably starting to breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief as the storm starts heading out to sea. that, in fact, the worst is

over. so now they know exactly what they're dealing with and how they're going to deal with it. all right, ali velshi for us there in cape cod, thanks so much. we appreciate your work today. well, still ahead, two years ago, the lead singer of alabama shakes was working at the postal service. now she's at the grammys. great, everybody made it. we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location.

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i'm so delighted you called back. we understand some 50 people had to be rescued after waves crashed into several houses. what can you tell us? >> i'm sorry? >> what can you tell us about the waves that were crashing into those homes? it sounds so much like hurricane sandy. >> yeah, a lot like hurricane sandy, in that it happened early on, well before high tide, and with no wanting whatsoever. all of a sudden, the storm surge got a drive in the waves into buildings on the ocean front at salisbury beach. necessitating us to evacuate several people upwards of 50 people. and we had several buildings that received structural damage that are in the process of being checked right now to evaluate them, whether they're habitable or not. >> now, what's interesting, the national guard, you called the national guard, they came in. essentially they were dealing with not only the blizzard, but also the water and the wave conditions at the same time. it's almost like a double

whammy. >> yeah, it was like a double whammy, because we had flooding in the streets, as well as flooding coming from the oceanfront over the sand dunes into the properties that we were trying to vac ate the people from. in one case we had to use a bucket from a backhoe to get the people out because of the water flow that was coming in at the same time. >> now, did everybody get out safely? were there any injuries, even minor injuries, or was everyone okay? >> there was one person in a building on north end boulevard that was in the process of moving some furniture when a wave came along and broke out hi picture window. it knocked him over, and caused a minor laceration on his hand. but fortunately for him, that was the only injury that we saw from the storm. >> now, were you expecting the waves surge, had you warned people to evacuate their homes? >> we had issued information from the previous day to advise people they should seek other

arrangements prior to the storm arriving friday evening. and once this issue started to raise on saturday morning, we immediately issued a code red announcement, issuing a mandatory evacuation for the beachfront. >> okay. all right. well, robert cook, thank you so much. we appreciate your calling back, emergency management director for salisbury. and thankfully, those 50 people are in fact okay now. we appreciate it. we want to go now to boston where the blizzard has claimed a young life. a 12-year-old boy died inside his father's car. jason carol is in boston now. jason, so, so tragic. what are you learning? [ no audio ] okay. we're going to re-establish outside yes in just a minute. obviously, this is a storm that some people have been injured and there have been a few

fatalities, clearly when you go out in weather like this, you never know what is going to happen. and unfortunately sometimes it is the thing you're least expecting. that happens. we are going to re-establish a connection with jason carol. other top stories we're following this morning. from alabama, the first video of that little boy rescued from captivity. this is ethan days after he was freed from a kidnapper who held him in a bunker. look at him, he's all smiles. and well, at least -- apparently not outside wartly showing signs of trauma. ethan's church hosted a big 6th birthday party for him this week and many neighbors and friends joined the celebration with cards, gifts and lots of good wishes that he is safe and back with his family. an amish man behind a string of beard-cutting attacks has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. samuel musclic was convicted. to the amish, a beard signifies faith and manhood. several followers who participated in the attacks

received shorter sentences. an urgent story on the opposite side of the country. searchers back in the snowy, rugged mountains of los angeles. they are trying to pick up the trail of an alleged cop killer. christopher dorner is the fired l.a. police officer now a fugitive, now accused of murder. he has threatened to kill police and their families. his skills and his training give him advantages that many fugitives don't have. and they make him even more dangerous. police say he is armed and he is considered very dangerous. cnn's casey wian following this story from l.a. where do things stand? >> reporter: this search conditions from the u.s./mexico border south of san diego to las vegas where christopher dorner had a residence. while that active search is continuing, investigators are poring over lots of evidence in the trail that he has left behind since the first murders

happened on sunday in the town of irvine, california. now, cnn has obtained some exclusive surveillance video that shows christopher dorner allegedly dropping some material into a dumpster outside of an auto accessories store in national city, which is near san diego or south of los angeles. this video -- surveillance video obtained from that auto accessories store on monday. that was 12 hours after keith lawrence and his fiancee, monica quan, the daughter of a retired los angeles police department official, they were gunned down sunday night in irvine, california. the store owner's employee found these items in the dumpster, behind the store monday amomorn. let's listen to what that owner had to say about how it all

happened. >> monday morning, when i came in, opened the shop, and business as usual, one of the employees went to throw the trash. after he came back, he came back with a clip, like a magazine, full of bullets. a belt, a military belt, and a helmet. and he brought it to me. and said, where did you find it. i found it in the back of the dumpster when i went to throw the trash. so i right away took possession of it and notified mark. >> reporter: now, that material has been turned over to -- that video has been turned over to the irvine police department, which will not confirm that it is actually christopher dorner. but we have seen a still photograph that the irvine police department released, taken from that same surveillance camera. we have looked at the still photo, matched it up to that surveillance video, and it is

the same video. also, you can see his truck there, the truck that was found burnt in the community of big bear, california. that truck has now been -- is in the custody of the irvine police department. they continue to process it. we'll try to find any evidence they can. other material that the irvine police department has collected is also being processed by the fbi. still no clue, though, by law enforcement where dorner is right now, deborah. >> looking at burned-out pictures of the vehicle, we understand an axle on that car broke. so it may not have been that he planned to abandon the car deliberately. but because once the axle broke, it couldn't go anywhere. have police commented on that particular thing? maybe that threw a wrench in his plans somehow. >> reporter: possibly. they have not commented that i'm aware of on that specific piece of evidence. they are investigating this case

along several different fronts. you have several different law enforcement agencies. irvine, california. san bernardino sheriff's department. the riverside police department. several law enforcement agencies are investigating. several crimes that happened throughout the early part of last week, through thursday, when those police officers were shot. this is a multi-agency investigation, and they're looking into every possible avenue. >> yeah. and this is so serious, because chris dorner is essentially hunting police officers, and he is not afraid to die, in his manifesto, he says "i do not fear death, as i died long ago on january 2nd, 2009," the day he was let go from the los angeles police department. casey wian, thank you so much. of course, we will check back with you for the very latest later on. we will continue to follow the latest developments also of the storm, including the pictures and video you're sending us. we'll take a look at those, just ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] start with a groundbreaking car. good. then invent an entirely new way to buy one.

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good afternoon, everyone. i'm deborah feyerick in atlanta. here are this hour's top stories. right now, in massachusetts, a driving travel ban is lifted. this is what it looked like just yesterday when officials asked people to stay off the roads when that massive blizzard hit. the worst snow may be over for cape cod as blizzard and coastal flood warnings have been lifted. but here's how a reporter from our affiliate described the situation on the coast earlier today. >> this storm surge is quite high. we've been seeing waves out here that are 20 feet, easy. i mean, 15 feet regularly, coming in. and as we pan along the bay here, you can see just how high it's getting. >> maine and new hampshire also got pummeled, and three counties in maine are still under a blizzard warning. the long island